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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? |
| Date | 2017-04-03 08:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ts3lD-35U-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tr7KG-714-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <trQop-2Lx-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 04/02/2017 08:56 AM, songbird wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I am using Jessie with MATE desktop.
>> I search for a string within a filename OR folder name.
>> I must distinguish between files, folders and links to either.
>> "Applications->Accessories->Search for files" will DISPLAY the data.
>> *HOWEVER* attempting to record the data yields obfuscated data:
>>
>>> ITEM NOTE
>>> [ 1] [1] /var/cache/apt/archives/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen_4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u11_all.deb
>>> [ 2] [2] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
>>> [ 3] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp/twentyfifteen
>>> [ 4] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp
>>> [ 5] [2] /usr/share/doc/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
>>> [ 6] [3] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
>>> [ 7] [4] /usr/share/lintian/overrides/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
>>> [ 8] [4] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.list
>>> [ 9] [1] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.md5sums
>>> [10] [1] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/languages/twentyfifteen.pot
>>> [11] [1] /home/richard/Downloads/twentyfifteen.1.7.zip
>>>
>>>
>>> Notes:
>>> 1 a filename w extension
>>> 2 folder
>>> 3 link to folder
>>> 4 a filename w/o extension
>>>
>>> NOTE BENE
>>> Item 4 is a folder but resembels a filename w extension
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> use find. sometimes trying to make a square peg
> fit in a round hole isn't worth it.
>
The annoying facet of the problem is that
"Applications->Accessories->Search for files" retrieves exactly the data
I want and can sort it so that it visually groups data
'productively'{right word??}.
But it can only be saved as an image. I need ASCII text.
In my reading I found references that internally it uses "find" &/or
"locate" but I don't look forward to formatting the output of either.
Although I've done some coding years ago, in no way would I refer to
myself as a programmer.
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Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-31 18:40 +0200
Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-02 18:20 +0200
Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-03 08:10 +0200
Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-03 15:00 +0200
Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-05 14:10 +0200
Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?] Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 15:30 +0200
Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-05 16:40 +0200
Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?] songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-05 17:50 +0200
Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-05 21:00 +0200
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